U.s. Employment

May 28, 1985|By Deanne Brandon

HIRING PLANS. American businesses intend to add 2 million new jobs this year, with smaller companies doing most of the hiring. According to a report released Monday by Dun & Bradstreet and based on a survey of 5,000 companies, firms with fewer than 100 employees plan to create the most new jobs. Although the addition of 2 million jobs represents a decline from 3 million added in 1984 and 4 million in 1983, the report said the ''overall employment outlook is unusually bright for this stage of the business cycle.'' Less ambitious: Larger companies -- those with 500 to 25,000 employees -- expect employment levels to rise only 1.1 percent to 2.1 percent, the survey said.